Syria declares ceasefire after clashes with SDF

Syria's minister of defence announced a ceasefire on Tuesday after overnight clashes between security forces and Kurdish fighters in neighbuorhoods of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo.

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Murhaf Abu Qasra said in a statement that he had met Mazloum Abdi, the commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in Damascus and “agreed on a comprehensive ceasefire across all fronts and military positions in northern and northeastern Syria.”

“The implementation of this agreement will begin immediately,” he said.

The overnight violence came as tensions have grown between the central government in Damascus and Kurdish authorities in northeast Syria.

Syrian state-run news agency SANA reported the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces targeted checkpoints of the Internal Security Forces on Monday evening, killing one and wounding four.